WEBVTT MERIDETH NORRIS: ALMOSTEVERYBODY HERE HAS HAD HORRIBLETRAUMA THAT GOT THEM HERE.THEY DIDN'T WAKE UP ONE MORNINGAND SAY, "YOU KNOWI THINKHEROIN SOUNDS LIKE A WHALE OF AGOOD IDEA." GIVEN AN EQUALLY SET OFCHOICESI HAVE COME I'M GOING TO TAKETHIS ONE, KNOWING IT ISHORRIBLE.MORGAN: DR. MEREDITH NORRIS ISTHE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR GRESTREET SERVICES.THEY SPECIALIZE IN TREATINGOPIATE DEPENDENCE THROUGHMEDICATED-ASSISTED TREATMENT.AT THIS EVENT, THEY'RE TALKINGTO PEOPLE IN THE SANFORDCOMMUNITY.>> THIS IS AN EVERYDAY STRUGGLE.MORGAN: ABOUT ADDICTION ANDHEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVEBEEN AFFECTED BY IT.JEREMY HILTZ: SON OR DAUGHTER,OR MOTHER, OR FATHER, THIS ISWHAT WE ARE TREATING.THIS IS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITYTHAT WE ARE DEALINGITH RIGHTNOW.MORGAN: THEY'RE ALSODEMONSTRATING HOW TO ADMINISTERTHE NASAL SPRAY VERSION OFNARCAN, THE LIFE SAVING TOOL FORHELPING SOMEONE WHO ISOVERDOSING.>> HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO.YOU CAN HAVE THIS IN YOUR HOUSEOR YOUR PURSE, SO THAT WHEN YOUSEE SOMEBODY WHO YOU LOVE, ANDTHEY'RE TRYING TO DIE ON THEFLOOR IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU CANKEEP ALIVE LONG ENOUGH THAT THEYCAN MAYBE CHANGHEIR MIND.MORGAN: SANFORD CHIEF OF POLICETHOMAS CONNOLLY WAS ATTENDANCE AND BELIEVES IN THETYPE OF TREATMENT AT THPROGRAMIS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN SENDINGPEOPLE AWAY TO REHAB.CHIEF CONNOLLY: IT ISCOMMUNITY-BASED, SO IT'S THEREWHERE YOU NEED IT, IN YOURCOMMUNITY, NOT 50 MILES AWAY.AND IT'S USUALLY MEDICATIONASSISTED BECAUSE ALL THERESEARCH SHOWS THAS THE WAYTHE WAY TO GET PEOPLESTABILIZED, SO THAT THEY CAN DOTHE BEHAVIORAL THING, THEYCAN CHANGE THE THINGS THEY DODEVELOP THE SPIRITUALITY THAT, THEY NEED TO DEVELOP TO GETBETTER.MORGAN: CHIEF CONNOLLY ALSOBELIEVES COMING OUT OF THEEPIDEMIC NEEDS TO BE OMMUNITYEFFORT.CHIEF CONNOLLY: THEY'REOT BADPEOPLE.THEY'RE PEOPLE THAT MADE A BADCHOICE.THAT DOESN'T MAKE THEM A BADPERSON.AND IF YOU CAN LOOK PAST THATAND THEN REALIZE THE POTENTIALOF PEOPLE, WHICH IS IF THEY STOPUSING THEY ARE GOING TO PROBABLY